Webinar Schedule

Mark your calendars to attend the Dairy Calf & Heifer Association’s (DCHA) Aug. 6 webinar – Heifer fundamentals: Management for maximizing growth, development and first lactation success – set to start at 12 p.m. Central time (U.S./Canada). Michael Overton, global dairy platform lead for Precision Animal Health, Zoetis, and Joe Armstrong, veterinarian with the Dairy Technical Services team at Zoetis, will lead this free, one-hour offering.

To register for the webinar, go to: https://bit.ly/ZOETIS080626. Your webinar registration confirmation e-mail will include a web link to join the webinar.

This webinar will provide an overview regarding the importance of raising healthy, well-grown heifers and the role that the post-weaning phase plays in this goal. Participants will learn about research that examines factors related to heifer completion rate and emphasizes the relationship between weight at first calving and milk production. Additionally, participants will gain practical insights on how to help drive growth and protect calf health in the first 2 to 6 months of life.

Overton has worked at Zoetis for six years as the Global Dairy Platform lead within the company’s Precision Animal Health Group. In this role, he works extensively in data analytics and economic modeling, and collaborates across multiple areas within Zoetis. He received his bachelor’s degree and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from North Carolina State University and practiced veterinary medicine for eight years in North Carolina. Then, he completed a Dairy Production Medicine Residency and Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis. Next, Overton served as professor of dairy production medicine and chief of service for the University of Georgia’s food animal program. He then spent eight years at Elanco Animal Health in a data analytics and consultancy role.

A member of the Zoetis Dairy Technical Service Team, Armstrong focuses on helping dairy and beef operations with the practical application of evidence-based medicine and management. With Zoetis, he is responsible for providing technical support to producers and veterinarians in Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northeast Iowa. Armstrong received his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Minnesota-Morris. He graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 2015. After veterinary school, Armstrong worked as the University of Minnesota’s cattle production systems extension educator.

Veterinarians and veterinary technicians may earn one Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) credit for attending this DCHA webinar. To learn more about this opportunity, contact JoDee Sattler at: jodee@calfandheifer.org.

DCHA’s Aug. 6 webinar is sponsored by Zoetis. DCHA does not support one product or company over another, and any mention is not an endorsement by DCHA.

If you are a DCHA member and cannot attend the live program, you may access the webinar through DCHA’s online Member Center after Aug. 20. To access the webinar recording, DCHA members need to visit https://calfandheifer.org/login and enter their username and password.

For more information about DCHA’s webinars, e-mail Sue Schatz, DCHA member services director, at: sue@calfandheifer.org. Follow DCHA on social media or visit the DCHA website – www.calfandheifer.org – to learn about future webinars.

The Dairy Calf & Heifer Association was founded in 1996 based on the mission to help dairy producers, calf managers and those professionally focused on the growth and management of dairy calves and heifers. With a national membership of producers, allied industries and research leaders, DCHA seeks to provide the industry’s standards for profitability, performance and leadership, serving as a catalyst to help members improve the vitality and viability of their individual efforts and that of their business.